Fantasy Monster: Werehare

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Werehare

A massive, monstrously distorted hare, with muscles bulging underneath its stretched grey and tan fur.

CR 4; XP 1,200
N Large Magical Beast

Init +8; Senses darkvision 60 ft., low-light vision, scent; Perception +10

Defense
AC 17, touch 13, flat-footed 13 (+4 Dex, +4 natural, –1 size)
hp 42 (5d10+15); regeneration 5 (magic or silver)
DR 10/magic or silver; Fort +7; Ref +8; Will +3

Weakness turn back

Offense
Speed 50 ft.

Melee bite +8 (1d6+4) and 2 kicks +8 (1d6+4)

Space 10 ft.; Reach 5 ft.

Special Attacks leaping pounce

Statistics
Str 18, Dex 18, Con 16, Int 2, Wis 15, Cha 11
Base Atk +5; CMB +10; CMD 24

Feats Combat Reflexes, Improved Initiative, Run

Skills Acrobatics +34, Perception +10, Stealth +16; Racial Modifiers +30 Acrobatics, +8 Perception, +8 Stealth

Ecology
Environment plains and forests
Organization solitary or pair, very rarely a husk (6–20)
Treasure incidental

Special Abilities

Leaping Pounce (Ex) A werehare can turn and bounce off obstacles, and makes full attack during a charge.

Turn Back (Su) A werehare affected with any polymorphy effect turns back into a Tiny (if a bit feral) hare, until the werehare transformation is triggered again. Some herbs and traditional magical wards can have similar effect on werehares as well.

At certain times of a year, some hares come through an grueling transformation, turning into lumbering, bloodthirsty monstrosities, driven by unending craving for eggs of all sorts. They will relentlessly hunt for their quarry, slaughtering anyone who stands in their way—and devouring random pieces of their victims in futile attempt to sate their hunger.

This can make them a menace to local wildlife, and a veritable horror to farmers keeping poultry, making their herds of chickens, ducks, geese, and other birds a primary target for a werehare or two.

A werehare's rampage ends when it manages to gorge on eggs, consuming at least its own weight in short span of time. Afterward, a werehare finds or digs a suitable warren where it goes to slumber. After a few more days its body ruptures, releasing dozens and dozens of young hares that spread out, a few of which might be another generation of werehares.